{"id":1564,"date":"2015-10-29T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2015-10-29T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T21:31:07","slug":"spotlight-on-kitty-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/spotlight-on-kitty-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on: kitty money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/parents\/spotlight-on-kitty-money\/attachment\/cashbox-1642989_1280\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1712\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1712\" title=\"cashbox-1642989_1280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cashbox-1642989_1280-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cashbox-1642989_1280-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cashbox-1642989_1280-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cashbox-1642989_1280-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cashbox-1642989_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most parents leave a kitty of petty cash for nannies to use to cover daily expenses. In term time this may just be \u00a310 a week to cover unexpected activities as the majority of activities are pre-paid and the odd pint of milk, but in the holidays this can easily spiral. It\u2019s important to have a good kitty management system for handling the money, and clear guidelines on what it can and can\u2019t be used for.<\/p>\n<p>A nanny purse which stays at work is easy to top up when running low. Nannies can also put receipts in the purse, or keep a small notebook to track expenditure. It\u2019s often said that if you employ a nanny to look after your children and leave her the keys to your house you should trust her with your money, and this is probably true, but it can also be helpful to have an idea of what is being spent when and where to manage the budget a bit better. If a nanny constantly complains of being short of kitty money are the guidelines clear enough?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kitty cash is usually for child related rather than household expenses. Expecting nanny to do periodic shops means leaving more money. Similarly if her mileage expenses or petrol for the nanny car comes out of the kitty it will need to be more generous. Common points of conflict are nanny\u2019s own food and drink \u2013 should her coffee at soft play come out of the kitty or not \u2013 and the number of paid vs free activities.<\/p>\n<p>Parents frequently leaving large sums of cash or wanting to keep track of nanny\u2019s expenditure can set up a work credit card and enable an alerts system for peace of mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most parents leave a kitty of petty cash for nannies to use to cover daily expenses. In term time this may just be &#49827;10 a week to cover unexpected activities as the majority of activities are pre-paid and the odd pint of milk, but in the holidays this can easily spiral. Its important to have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/spotlight-on-kitty-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spotlight on: kitty money&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[252,306,466],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parents","tag-kitty-money","tag-nanny-employer-relationship","tag-spotlight-on"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}